West of Loathing

Say howdy to West of Loathing - a single-player slapstick, stick-figure comedy adventure role-playing game set in the wild west of the Kingdom of Loathing universe. Traverse snake-infested gulches, punch…

82 10 August 2017

Adventure Indie Role-playing (RPG) Turn-based strategy (TBS) Comedy

West of Loathing is an adventure developed by Asymmetric, released 10 August 2017 on Nintendo Switch, Google Stadia, Linux and Mac.

Verified 1 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam , Wikipedia

What West of Loathing is

West of Loathing is an adventure game developed by Asymmetric and released in 2017. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Google Stadia, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Say howdy to West of Loathing - a single-player slapstick, stick-figure comedy adventure role-playing game set in the wild west of the Kingdom of Loathing universe. Traverse snake-infested gulches, punch skeletons wearing cowboy hats, grapple with demon cows, and investigate a wide variety of disgusting spittoons.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 28 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

West of Loathing holds a critic score of 82 out of 100. That places it above 76% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 11 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 81, across 52 votes.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 2.8 GHz Intel® Core™2 Duo or better, 2 GB RAM and 512 MB. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 4GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

West of Loathing launched on 10 August 2017, within three weeks of Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy and Sonic Mania. All of them reviewed better. It was a Nintendo Switch launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, Sonic Mania.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

All media

Dlc

West of Loathing: Reckonin' at Gun Manor

8 February 2019

Quick answers

West of Loathing — frequently asked questions

When did West of Loathing come out?

West of Loathing was released on 10 August 2017 for Nintendo Switch, Google Stadia, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for West of Loathing?

At minimum, West of Loathing needs 2.8 GHz Intel® Core™2 Duo or better, 2 GB RAM, 512 MB graphics, 4 GB available space of storage.

How many GB is West of Loathing?

The PC version needs about 4 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("4 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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